Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
DETAILED ACTION
1. A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after allowance or after an Office action under Ex Parte Quayle, 25 USPQ 74, 453 O.G. 213 (Comm'r Pat. 1935). Since this application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, prosecution in this application has been reopened pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on June 3, 2026, has been entered.
Claim Rejections – 35 USC 112
2. The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
3. Claims 11-13 and 16 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b), as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which applicant regards as the invention.
In claims 11-12, the terms “V50” and “
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Claims 13 and 16 are rejected as being dependent on instant claim 12.
Allowable Claims
4. Claims 1-10 are allowed. The prior art of record does not teach or suggest the recited ballistic-resistant molded article further including the monolayers A have an areal density of between 28 and 80 g/m² of the oriented polymer A and the monolayers B have having-an areal density of between 4 and 28 g/m² of the oriented polymer B, and wherein the areal density of the oriented polymer A in the monolayers A is at least 5 g/m² higher than the areal density of the oriented polymer B in the monolayers B.
The prior art does not teach motivation or suggestion for modification to make the invention as instantly claimed.
Conclusion
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/LAWRENCE D FERGUSON/Examiner, Art Unit 1781
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